Explosive Defense Mechanism

Commander Keen wrote:

Wait. If manual-evo is very likely to kill you, then are we just giving inexperienced players the opportunity to go extinct? Maybe we should tell them to use autoevo until they play the game enough..

I don't think it will be that difficult, when you begin there's very little to think about, then a gradual increase in what needs to be noted, the players should be able to keep up. Evolving every


And Scio... I see. I thought it was something to do with rates of mutation, so I suggested a slider for more flexibility. It still seems a good idea. Can we do it with the slider? It lets you turn the speed of mutation down, as well. And the suicide option is good if the creature is good just how it is, crocodiles and insects seem to have chosen it long ago, and they're still around.

The Uteen wrote:

Commander Keen wrote:

Wait. If manual-evo is very likely to kill you, then are we just giving inexperienced players the opportunity to go extinct? Maybe we should tell them to use autoevo until they play the game enough..

I don't think it will be that difficult, when you begin there's very little to think about, then a gradual increase in what needs to be noted, the players should be able to keep up. Evolving every


And Scio... I see. I thought it was something to do with rates of mutation, so I suggested a slider for more flexibility. It still seems a good idea. Can we do it with the slider? It lets you turn the speed of mutation down, as well. And the suicide option is good if the creature is good just how it is, crocodiles and insects seem to have chosen it long ago, and they're still around.

The easiest way to change the rate of mutation would be to simply use your slider to tell the game how much it can change your creature. Another way would be to make generations last smaller amounts of time.
@Keen- I think players will be able to easily help or hinder their creature. The nice thing about evolution now is that there is no single foolproof way to play.

~sciocont wrote:

The Uteen wrote:

Commander Keen wrote:

Wait. If manual-evo is very likely to kill you, then are we just giving inexperienced players the opportunity to go extinct? Maybe we should tell them to use autoevo until they play the game enough..

I don't think it will be that difficult, when you begin there's very little to think about, then a gradual increase in what needs to be noted, the players should be able to keep up. Evolving every


And Scio... I see. I thought it was something to do with rates of mutation, so I suggested a slider for more flexibility. It still seems a good idea. Can we do it with the slider? It lets you turn the speed of mutation down, as well. And the suicide option is good if the creature is good just how it is, crocodiles and insects seem to have chosen it long ago, and they're still around.

The easiest way to change the rate of mutation would be to simply use your slider to tell the game how much it can change your creature. Another way would be to make generations last smaller amounts of time.
@Keen- I think players will be able to easily help or hinder their creature. The nice thing about evolution now is that there is no single foolproof way to play.

Oh and Uteen- you might want to upgrade to something useful like 7 just messing with you mac people.

Oh yes, Scio? (clicky image, be filled with da wizdom)



Heheheh...


Making generations last a shorter amount of time would surely be the equivalent of shortening lifespans globally. Couldn't the organisms then just adapt and re-lengthen their lives?

The more frequent edits would make sense, the shortening of generations... I'm not so sure, really.

The Uteen wrote:

Oh yes, Scio? (clicky image, be filled with da wizdom)



Heheheh... We'll just have to agree to disagree.


Making generations last a shorter amount of time would surely be the equivalent of shortening lifespans globally. Couldn't the organisms then just adapt and re-lengthen their lives?

The more frequent edits would make sense, the shortening of generations... I'm not so sure, really.

Generations have nothing to do with lifespan. They're just part of the way auto-evo works.